Fort Campbell pilot program to help special-needs families

12:01 AM,
Jan. 24, 2010

Exceptional Family Member Program medical director for Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Dr. Quentin Humberd, second from left, explains part of a new pilot program to Army Community Services EFMP Coordinator Tresca Ramtahel, left, hospital commander Col. John P. Cook and EFMP manager for the Department of the Army Family and Morale Welfare and Recreation Command Sharon Fields. The program will help Fort Campbell families with special needs advocate for themselves.

Written by

JAKE LOWARY
The Leaf-Chronicle

Fort Campbell is already one of the Army's premier installations for its capabilities with special-needs families, and now is part of a pilot program to enhance that capability by "connecting the dots" for those families.

The purpose of the Exceptional Family Member Program is simple - "to work in conjunction with other military and civilian agencies to provide support and coordination around medical, educational, housing, community support and personnel needs."

With all of those entities separate in nature, distance and their own specific purpose, it often is lost or unknown and ...